Kojima’s last Metal Gear title with Konami, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, shipped for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC in September.
The rights to the Metal Gear Solid name remain with Konami, and Konami began hiring staff for a new Metal Gear title in December.
KPE, the pachinko and pachi-slot machine game maker in the Konami Group, unveiled a teaser website and trailer on Thursday for a Metal Gear Solid pachi-slot (pachinko/slot) game titled Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater.
KPE filed a trademark for “Big Boss,” the name of a Metal Gear franchise character, in the field of games on September.